Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS)

Acute

What is Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome?

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a SARS-associated coronavirus. It was first identified at the end of February 2003 during an outbreak that emerged in China and spread to 4 other countries.

Requires a medical diagnosis
  • Fever
  • Dry Cough
  • Headache
  • Muscle Aches
  • Difficulty Breathing
People may experience:
  • Pain areas: in the muscles
  • Whole body: fever, chills, or malaise
  • Respiratory: respiratory distress or shortness of breath
  • Also common: coughing, infection, or headache

A small percentage of patients had long-term effects from their illness, including depression or anxiety, cough, shortness of breath, chronic lung disease or kidney disease. However, most patients fully recovered.

Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and some types of common cold. COVID-19 is a disease caused by a new coronavirus – the COVID19 virus (or SARS-CoV-2 virus)

Although there have been no cases of SARS anywhere in the world since 2004, preventing spread of this illness is similar to preventing any viral respiratory infection: avoid close contact with affected individuals, wash your hands with soap and water, and encourage people with viral respiratory infections to cover

Risk factors for the severe form and complications of COVID-19: Immunosuppression (from long-term steroid use, cancer, AIDS/HIV infection, congenital immunodeficiency, use of immunosuppressants, etc.) Age > 60 years.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

Low-dose corticosteroids, like prednisolone at 0.5–1.0 mg/kg/day, are usually used in infections and ARDS. On the other hand, pulse doses of methylprednisolone at 0.5–1.0 g/day have been widely used in SARS, especially when patients deteriorated clinically in the second week.

How is it treated?

Treatment for acute myeloid leukemia is vital. It varies with the patient and stage of the disease. Treatment options include

Given that most SARS patients have a clearly identified exposure to other SARS patients or to a setting with SARS-CoV transmission and that transmission occurs after onset of illness, rapid identification of exposed persons (contacts) and prompt isolation of contacts if they become ill is a highly effective control

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